Injured on the job and Trader Joe's Workmen's Comp has been screwing me for 5 years - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
Oct 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I started working at trader joe's while working my way through junior college. It paid decent for a part-time job, was flexible for my school schedule and had benefits. It seems like a cool place to work. Until I got hurt.

Cons

Trader Joe's offers their products for a low price but it seems to be at the cost of providing an egronomically safe work place or providing proper care once employees get hurt. I've been injured for 5 years and I am still fighting with Galligerbassit (Trader Joe's Workmen Comp Insurance Company) to get proper treatment for my injury. I suffer chronic pain everyday because of this injury.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

-Great way to meet people, socialize, and learn customer service -Always tasked with different things every hour -Friendly crew who will always help you to learn and get better at your job -Get a slight pay raise every 6 months -No outside commitments and amazing benefits if you work full time (about 28 hours a week for every 6 months) -Will take time, but find your friend group, stay with them and have fun, you can't please everybody -Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains

Cons

-Not many, unless you are stuck in a bad store with bad management -I had some good luck of working in 3 great stores, so YMMV -Sometimes can get cliquey like you are back in high school -Getting promoted up to store management may involve buttering up and being a "yes-person" -Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains

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